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Tor Browser – Tor Project: Anonymity Online

Posted: May 1, 2016 at 10:43 pm

Download the file above, and save it somewhere, then double click on it. (1) Click "Run" then choose the installer's language and click OK (2). Make sure you have at least 80MB of free disk space in the location you select. If you want to leave the bundle on the computer, saving it to the Desktop is a good choice. If you want to move it to a different computer or limit the traces you leave behind, save it to a USB disk.

Click Install (3) Wait until the installer finishes. This may take a few minutes to complete.

Once the installation is complete, click Finish to launch Tor Browser's wizard.

Once you see Tor Browser's wizard click Connect

Alternatively, you can launch Tor Browser by going to the folder Tor Browser which can be found at the location you saved the bundle at (Default: Desktop) and double click on the Start Tor Browser application.

Once Tor is ready, Tor Browser will automatically be opened. Only web pages visited through Tor Browser will be sent via Tor. Other web browsers such as Internet Explorer are not affected.

Once you are finished browsing, close any open Tor Browser windows by clicking on the (6). For privacy reasons, the list of web pages you visited and any cookies will be deleted.

To use the Tor Browser again, double click on the "Start Tor Browser" application.

Remember that Tor anonymizes the origin of your traffic, and it encrypts everything inside the Tor network, but it can't encrypt your traffic between the Tor network and its final destination. If you are communicating sensitive information, you should use as much care as you would on the normal scary Internet use HTTPS or other end-to-end encryption and authentication.

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Transhuman Debate 2.0 in SF East Bay | KurzweilAI

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Brighter Brains Institute and Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology are co-sponsoring Transhuman Debate 2.0 on April 2, 2016, from 12:30 4:00pm in Oakland, CA, at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster St, #170 only 2 blocks from BART.

HOW DOES CONSCIOUSNESS ARISE? (1:00 1:30)

Andres Gomez Emilsson says neural signaling by classical means doesnt seem sufficient for to achieve global binding due to signal travel time

Randal A. Koene says the brain (at least during times of conscious awareness) appears to be operating in a more discretized manner, where signal travel time is much smaller than the discrete intervals and therefore must be perceived as unitary and instantaneous even without non-classical causes.

SECOND AMENDMENT: RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS (1:40 2:25)

Question: Should there be stricter gun laws, to improve public safety? Or should laws stay the same, because USA freedom includes access to firearms?

Anti-Guns: Scott Jackish, Robert Wasley

Pro-Guns: Anatoly Karlin, Mike Johnson

EUGENICS (2:40 3:40)

Questions: Do you want a future with Mandatory Pre-Natal Diagnoses, Designer Babies, One-or-Two Child Policies, and Parent Licenses that limit how many children you have?

Should there be a transhumanist goal that all humans should have 140 IQ, plus great health and beauty? With Eugenics helping to achieve that?

Or do you think the government should NEVER meddle in Reproduction?

Pro-Eugenics: Andre Gomez Emilsson, Hank Pellissier, Anya Petrova

Anti-Eugenics: Marc McAllister, Ted Peters, Brian Hanley

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Demon Archives – Comic Archive

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The Demon Archives: Minerva

Minerva: Chapter Zero Prologue

Chapter 0: Page 1 Dubais Bright Lights

Chapter 0: Page 2 Bye bye, Dubai

Chapter 0: Page 3 Global Collapse

Chapter 0: Page 4 Rebuilding

Chapter 0: Page 5 Sound The Alarm

Chapter 0: Page 6 Oh Ugly

Chapter 0: Page 7 Headshot

Chapter 0: Page 8 Go, Keleres, Go!

Chapter 0: Page 9 Title Shot

Minerva: Chapter One The Crucible

Chapter 1: Page 1 Nightmares

Chapter 1: Page 2 Wake Up

Chapter 1: Page 3 Exercises

Chapter 1: Page 4 Suiting Up

Chapter 1: Page 5 Confrontation

Chapter 1: Page 6 Feeling Lonely

Chapter 1: Page 7 Old Friends

Chapter 1: Page 8 Somethings Amiss

Chapter 1: Page 9 Nothing To See Here

Chapter 1: Page 10 Pep Talk Time

Chapter 1: Page 11 Move Out

Chapter 1: Page 12 HUD View

Chapter 1: Page 13 Amplifying

Chapter 1: Page 14 Marcus Complains

Chapter 1: Page 15 Lady In His Suit

Chapter 1: Page 16 Perimeter Secured

Chapter 1: Page 17 Knock Knock

Chapter 1: Page 18 Silent Treatment

Chapter 1: Page 19 Found the Civilians

Chapter 1: Page 20 Oh Dios Mo

Chapter 1: Page 21 Youre Next

Chapter 1: Page 22 Quick Tactics Change

Chapter 1: Page 23 Its A Trap!

Chapter 1: Page 24 Explosion

Chapter 1: Page 25 Lights Out

Minerva: Chapter Two Ambush

Chapter 2: Page 1 Utter Chaos

Chapter 2: Page 2 Gracias A Dios

Chapter 2: Page 3 Rescue Run

Chapter 2: Page 4 No Time For Grief

Chapter 2: Page 5 Activate Beacons

Chapter 2: Page 6 Insufficient Data

Chapter 2: Page 7 No No No!

Chapter 2: Page 8 Escape Routes

Chapter 2: Page 9 Like Old Times

Chapter 2: Page 10 Smoke Bombs

Chapter 2: Page 11 Madre de Dios

Chapter 2: Page 12 Memories

Chapter 2: Page 13 Priorities

Chapter 2: Page 14 Uninformative

Chapter 2: Page 15 Cowboys Report

Chapter 2: Page 16 Warning!

Chapter 2: Page 17 Tackled

Chapter 2: Page 18 Snarky AI

Chapter 2: Page 19 Two By Two

Chapter 2: Page 20 Hesitation

Chapter 2: Page 21 First Glance

Chapter 2: Page 22 Another Man Down

Chapter 2: Page 23 No Escape

Chapter 2: Page 24 And Then There Were Two

Chapter 2: Page 25 Lets End This

Minerva: Chapter Three Revenge

Chapter 3: Page 1 HUDdle Up

Chapter 3: Page 2 Absolutely Not!

Chapter 3: Page 3 Lock Down

Chapter 3: Page 4 The Only Way

Chapter 3: Page 5 Grumpy Face

Chapter 3: Page 6 Shaky Aim

Chapter 3: Pages 7 & 8 Death to the Deathbot

Chapter 3: Page 9 My Captain?

Chapter 3: Page 10 Silence

Chapter 3: Page 11 Seething

Chapter 3: Page 12 Not Dead Yet

Chapter 3: Page 13 Override

Chapter 3: Page 14 Watchful Eye

Chapter 3: Page 15 Hold On

Chapter 3: Page 16 Black Out

Intermission: Patreon and TWC

Minerva: Chapter Four Nightmares

Chapter 4: Page 1 The Big Reveal

Chapter 4: Page 2 Rude Awakening

Chapter 4: Page 3 Meet Indira

Chapter 4: Page 4 Cue Bad Guys

Chapter 4: Page 5 What Now?

Chapter 4: Page 6 A Merciful End

Chapter 4: Page 7 Going Down Fighting

Chapter 4: Page 8 Bloodstains

Chapter 4: Page 9 The Monastery

Chapter 4: Page 10 Interlude 1

Chapter 4: Page 11 Remembering

Chapter 4: Page 12 A Present

Chapter 4: Page 13 Warning Bell

Chapter 4: Page 14 The Gates

Chapter 4: Page 15 More Dakka!

Chapter 4: Page 16 Timber!

Chapter 4: Page 17 False Hope

Chapter 4: Page 18 Shattered

Chapter 4: Page 19 Monkling

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Jitsi WOW.com | Prometheism.net

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Jitsi Original author(s) Emil Ivov Developer(s) Jitsi Team and Contributors Initial release 2003(2003) Stable release 2.8 (build.5426) (March19, 2015; 11 months ago(2015-03-19)) [] Preview release 2.9 (nightly) [] Development status Active Written in Java Operating system Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (all Java supported) Size 52.4 MB Windows (bundles its own private JRE)[1] 78.8MB Mac OS X (includes private JRE)[2] 22MB Linux 65MB source code[3] Available in Asturian, English, French, German, Bulgarian, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek and 25 more Type Voice over Internet Protocol / instant messaging / videoconferencing License Apache Website jitsi.org

Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is a free and open source multiplatform[4]voice (VoIP), videoconferencing and instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Android. It supports several popular instant-messaging and telephony protocols, including open recognised encryption protocols for chat (OTR) and voice/video/streaming and voice/video conferencing (SIP/RTP/SRTP/ZRTP), as well as built-in IPv6, NAT traversal and DNSSEC. Jitsi and its source code are released under the terms of the Apache Software Licence.[5]

Work on Jitsi (then SIP Communicator) started in 2003 in the context of a student project by Emil Ivov at the University of Strasbourg.[6] It was originally released as an example video phone in the JAIN-SIP stack and later spun off as a standalone project.[7]

Originally the project was mostly used as an experimentation tool because of its support for IPv6.[8][9] Through the years, as the project gathered members, it also added support for protocols other than SIP.

Jitsi has received support from various institutions such as the NLnet Foundation,[10][11] the University of Strasbourg and the Region of Alsace[12] and it has also had multiple participations in the Google Summer of Code program.[13][14]

In 2009, Emil Ivov founded the BlueJimp company which has employed some of Jitsis main contributors[15][16] in order to offer professional support and development services[17] related to the project.

In 2011, after successfully adding support for audio/video communication over XMPPs Jingle extensions, the project was renamed to Jitsi since it was no longer a SIP only Communicator.[18][19] This name originates from the Bulgarian (wires).[20]

On November 4, 2014, Jitsi + Ostel scored 6 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundations secure messaging scorecard. They lost a point because there has not been a recent independent code audit.[21]

On February 1, 2015, Hristo Terezov, Ingo Bauersachs and the rest of the team released [22] version 2.6 from their stand at the Free and Open Source Software Developers European Meeting 2015 event in Brussels. This release includes security fixes, removes support of the deprecated MSN protocol, along with SSLv3 in XMPP. Among other notable improvements, the OS X version bundles a Java 8 runtime, enables echo cancelling by default, and uses the CoreAudio subsystem. The Linux build addresses font issues with the GTK+ native LookAndFeel, and fixes some long standing issues about microphone level on call setup when using the PulseAudio sound system. This release also adds the embedded Java database Hyper SQL Database to improve performance for users with huge configuration files, a feature which is disabled by default. A full list of changes is [23] available on the project web site.

Jitsi supports multiple operating systems, including Windows as well as Unix-like systems such as Linux, Mac OS X and BSD. Beta packages built for Android are available[24] but the projects roadmap describes the porting to Android as on hold.[25] It also includes:[26]

The following protocols are currently supported by Jitsi:[4]

Jitsi is mostly written in Java[31] which helps reuse most of the same code over the various operating systems it works on. Its GUI is based upon Swing. The project also uses native code for the implementation of platform specific tasks such as audio/video capture and rendering, IP address selection, and access to native popup notification systems such as Growl.

The project uses the Apache Felix OSGi implementation[32] for modularity.

Among others Jitsi uses the JAIN-SIP protocol stack for SIP support and the Jive Software Smack library [33] for XMPP.[34]

As Jitsi can handle IPv6 it is especially interesting for direct PC-to-PC (peer-to-peer) communication, for instance, if both sides were trapped behind NAT routers, but could obtain a reachable IPv6 address via a tunnel-broker.[citation needed]

The Jitsi community has also completed an ICE implementation called ice4j.org, which it uses to provide NAT traversal capabilities, and assist IPv4 to IPv6 transition.[35]

Audio systems supported are PortAudio, PulseAudio and WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API).

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Illinois Freedom of Information Act – University of Illinois

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As of November 2011, all Freedom of Information requests to the University of Illinois administration or any of the three University campuses are processed by the Office for University Relations.

TheIllinois Freedom of Information Act(FOIA) provides public access to government documents and records. The Illinois FOIA notes that it is "the public policy of the State of Illinois that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts and policies of those who represent them as public officials and public employees consistent with the terms of this Act. Such access is necessary to enable the people to fulfill their duties of discussing public issues fully and freely, making informed political judgments and monitoring government to ensure that it is being conducted in the public interest."

The IllinoisAttorney General office websiteprovides details about the act. The site includes an FAQ (frequently asked questions) document written by staff in the AG's office for individuals employed by "public bodies" such as the University of Illinois.

As a state institution, the University of Illinois issubject to the Illinois FOIA. Alog of all FOIA requests is maintained by the Office for University Relations, which manages the FOIA process for the U of I. Requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act, response letters, and responsive documents are themselves public records and subject to FOIA requests.

The University of Illinois provides countless documents and information without the requirement of filing a FOIA request. The FOIA process can be complicated and information can be provided without that step. However, some requestors -- or the University -- may determine that a formal request for records under FOIA is appropriate. In those instances, a thorough reading of the pages listed below will provide helpful information about the process, contact names, and how a request is handled.

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If you have questions, please contact theOffice for University Relationsat 217-333-6400.

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Freedom Boat Club Chicago Illinois Freedom Boat Club

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